# Shopify Vite

> MIT Vite tooling for Shopify theme development

**Category:** Shopify  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://shopify-vite.barrelny.com  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/barrel/shopify-vite  
**Added:** 2026-10-18

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## The Hook

Shopify Vite brings Vite to Shopify theme development: a plugin that injects your bundled assets into Liquid and gives you fast dev reloads while you work on a theme.

## What's Good

MIT (barrel/shopify-vite), vite-plugin-shopify release 5.0.0 (2026-08-16). Includes vite-plugin-shopify and vite-plugin-page-reload, with a docs site and configuration reference. Made by the Barrel agency. ★~0.5k.

## The Catch

Only for theme development, not apps or Hydrogen. It runs alongside the Shopify CLI rather than replacing it, which means two dev processes. A small community.

## Verdict

The modern way to bundle JS and CSS for a custom Shopify theme.